Fishing net seized, burnt
Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday seized illegal fishing net (current jal) worth Tk 29 lakh in the Bay near Adinath Jetty under Moheshkhali Police Station.
A contingent from Cox's Bazar outpost confined the trawler Shakil and seized 50,000 metres long net with which the fisherman were illegally catching Jatka (hilsa fries), said officials, adding that the net was burnt.
The sources said Coast Guard men could not nab the fishermen as they fled. The security force will continue its drives to stop illegal fishing of hilsa fries in the Bay, they added.
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